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60. Because Today, After Many Years As Almost the Opposite, the Bronx River Is a Place of Sylvan Repose.

  • Published Dec 9, 2012
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You can actually canoe on the river, starting from a 1.4-acre park tucked behind a six-lane highway and a freight-railline, next to a recycling plant.

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